Learn the Tactical Periodization Method used by some of the World's Top Coaches

Hi Coach,

This groundbreaking book written by Juan Luis Delgado Bordonau PhD and José Alberto Mendez Villanueva PhD is a complete blueprint for Tactical Periodization, providing coaches with the tools to organise the whole football training process - from one specific training practice, to full season planning.

Tactical Periodization is a proven successful football coaching method. All training is driven by tactical training. It allows you the coach, to improve all other attributes (technical, conditioning and decision making) at the same time, within every single tactical practice.

Players will react quicker, be sharper, and make better decisions in all tactical situations

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The "Game Model" guides the entire training process. Training must “model” the game through specific practices (specificity) that include all the tactical game principles designed by the coach. You will learn the principle of performance stabilisation, so you can maintain your team’s high performance levels throughout a full season.

Accelerate your players' tactical understanding of their positional roles & responsibilities - Players will react quicker, be sharper, and make better decisions in all tactical situations

244 Pages

FULLCOLOUR Print

120 Tactical Periodization Topics

60 Tactical Situations & Practices

U16-Pro Level

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This is your chance to learn the Tactical Periodization method which has been applied by top coaches, with José Mourinho being the most influential and successful. Other examples are Vitor Pereira, Leonardo Jardim, Brendan Rodgers, Marco Silva, Nuno Espírito Santo and André Villas-Boas.

Many other top coaches (Pep Guardiola among them) have adopted part of these Tactical Periodization principles, building their training method around the development of a game model and its principles, using the tactical dimension to lead their training.

This book includes:

The background and development of Tactical Periodization

The Methodological Principles

The Game Model (specificity)

Tactical Organisation in the 4 Phases of the Game

Analysing the Previous Match Performance

Analysing the Next Opponent

Weekly Training Objectives

Training Sessions for a 1 Match Week

Training Sessions for a 2 Match Week

There are many Tactical Topics and Training Practices including:

Building Up Play from the Back and Creating Overloads Against a Compact 4-4 Formation

Attacking with "Third Man Runs"

Reorganising into Defensive Block Positions

Pressing as a Collective Unit + Fast Break Attack

Dropping Off, Compactness and Counter Attack with Switch of Play

Defending Direct Play into 2 Forwards and Winning the Second Ball

Vitor Frade "The Father of Tactical Periodization"

Manuel da Costa (Vitor) Frade is the creator of Tactical Periodization. He is known in Portugal, Brazil and Spain as one of the world's greatest experts and thinkers when it comes to football methodologies.

Vitor revolutionised football coaching by combining all phases of the game, making sure that the tactical dimension is at the forefront of every training session - there is no need for specific physical, tactical or technical training.

The "Game Model" guides the entire training process.

This philosophy is based around getting the players to
think, learn and develop, to make the right decisions
based on the coach's style of play. This leads to
performance stabilisation throughout the season.

Vitor Frade pictured in the centre with both authors José (left) and Juan (right)